June 17, 2015

By Tyler Harvey
Mo-Do Farm Bureau Manager

As of Sunday, June 14, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) had Illinois corn condition rated at 57% good with 19% of the corn crop excellent. Soybeans are at 90% planted as of this week with a condition rating of 58% good and 12% excellent.
Driving between Tuscola and Sullivan and looking at various crops, the 2015 crop is off to a great start. We have been fortunate thus far not to have the amount of water that has fallen in Vermilion County and other places around the area. NASS has an updated crop report come out every Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. I expect the crop percentages for good and excellent to increase with the overall weather we are having at this time. Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are all reporting similar percentages for both corn and soybean condition. It is still early in the year, but it is off to a decent start.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.